Newcastle Grammar School, New South Wales

School in Newcastle, Australia

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Newcastle Grammar School

Location

Newcastle, New South Wales

Australia

Coordinates| 32°55′47″S 151°46′50″E﻿ / ﻿32.92972°S 151.78056°E﻿ / -32.92972; 151.78056
Information
Former names|

* Newcastle Boys' Grammar School
* Newcastle Church of England Girls' Grammar School

Type| Independent co-educational non-selective primary and secondary day school
Motto| Latin: Spectemur Agendo
(Let us be judged by our actions)
Religious affiliation(s)| Anglican Diocese of Newcastle
Denomination| Anglicanism
Established|

* 1859 (1859)–1902 (1902)
(as Newcastle Boys' Grammar School)
* 22 July 1918; 106 years ago (1918-07-22)
(as Newcastle Church of England Girls' Grammar School)

Educational authority| NSW Department of Education
Teaching staff| c. 100
Years offered| K–12
Enrolment| c. 1100
Hours in school day| 8:25am-3:05pm
Campus|

* Park: Union Street and Parkway Ave, Cooks Hill
(Early learning to Year 4)
* Hill: Church and Newcomen Street, Newcastle (Year 5 to Year 12)

Campus type| Suburban
Houses|

* Hunter
* Macquarie
* Shortland
* Tyrrell

Colour(s)| Navy, burgundy and teal
Affiliations|

* Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia
* Junior School Heads Association of Australia
* Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales

Website| www.ngs.nsw.edu.au

The Newcastle Grammar School is a dual-campus independent Anglican co-educational non-selective primary and secondary day school, located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

## School history

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Newcastle Boys’ Grammar School opened on the present site in 1859 in Berkeley House and operated until 1902.[1]

Newcastle Church of England Girls’ Grammar School was officially opened on 22 July 1918 with an enrolment of fifty-six girls. However, the school was briefly relocated away from the Coast during World War II.

The control and administration of the School was given by the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle to The Pittwater House Schools in 1976 until the end of 1991, and in 1978, boys were once again enrolled at the School.

In 1992, the School's administration was returned to Newcastle and Newcastle Grammar School is now governed by Newcastle Grammar School Limited, a non-profit company limited by guarantee.

In 2018, Newcastle Grammar School celebrated its centenary.[2]

## Affiliations

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Newcastle Grammar School is affiliated with the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[3] the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA), the Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales (AISNSW) and Hunter Region Independent Schools (HRIS).

## Campuses

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Newcastle Grammar School is situated on two campuses.

### Park Campus

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This is located in Cooks Hill, approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Hill Campus. Park Campus students start in kindergarten and they benefit from a number of specialist spaces, including a library, music room and computer rooms. The Sandi Warren Performance Centre is used for musical productions, assemblies, physical education lessons, lectures and dinners. Park Campus is across from National Park which has sports facilities such as netball/basketball courts and large soccer fields. In addition, Park Campus currently caters for students up to Year 4, after which they move to Hill Campus.

### Hill Campus

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Located on The Hill overlooking the city of Newcastle and the beaches, this campus caters for students from Year 5 to Year 12 in a mix of historic and modern buildings. The areas of Hill Campus have names associated with various figures that contributed to the founding and leadership of Newcastle Grammar School and Newcastle. On the east side of the school are the two areas of the courts, which are used for physical education, and Stewart building, used as the office for sports teachers and the area for Years 5 and 6. The west side of the school is the Merrick Courtyard which acts as a sitting area for students and location of the Hill Campus canteen, art rooms, Year 7 student lockers and office area for the Heads of House for Years 7–12. The Parnell building has lockers, science labs, music basement, maths classrooms, the STEM department office and the Tyrrell Library, which is also the site of the offices for the Languages and Literacy department. The Hill Building is a four-story building designed for classrooms such as the languages of French, Japanese and Mandarin, kitchen areas for teaching VET Hospitality, a computer lab, English classrooms and office areas for the Global Studies Department. The roof of Hill has vegetable garden beds,and is otherwise used for special events. The Second Floor has the Year 12 Common Room and spaces for Creative Arts. The Hill basement is used for TAS subjects such as Technology, iSTEM and woodwork. Dividing the school into east and west is the Horbury Hunt Hall, used for assemblies and functions.

## Notable Alumni

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### Media and Arts

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* Susie Porter – Australian Actress

### Politics and Government

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* Senator Ross Cadel – Australian Senator for NSW (National Party)
* Andrew Gee MP – Member in House of Representatives (Independent)

## Heads of Newcastle Grammar School

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[4] Name  | Years Active  | Title

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The Reverend E K Yeatman  | 1853–unknown | Headmaster
The Reverend H S Millard  | Unknown | Headmaster
Miss M E Lawrence  | 1918–1932  | Headmistress
Miss Zoe E Martin  | 1933–1951  | Headmistress
Miss M Roberts  | 1952–1959  | Headmistress
Miss E Heath  | 1960–1964  | Headmistress
Miss L Thompson  | 1965–1967  | Headmistress
Mrs Kathleen Stewart  | 1968–1976  | Headmistress
Mr R H Morgan  | 1977–1991  | Executive Principal
Mr D Lloyd  | 1977  | Headmaster
Mr A Coombes  | 1978–1985  | Headmaster
Mr B L Charlton  | 1986–1988  | Headmaster
Mr Alan G Green  | 1989–2014  | Headmaster
Mrs Erica Thomas  | 2014–2022  | Head of School
Mr Matthew Macoustra  | 2023–  | Head of School

## External links

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* Newcastle Grammar School homepage

## References

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1. ^ "Newcastle Grammar School". Newcastle Grammar School Programme Book.
2. ^ "Newcastle Grammar School".
3. ^ "IPSHA".
4. ^ "Newcastle Grammar School". Newcastle Grammar School Programme Book.

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* Calrossy
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Anglican Diocese of Bathurst|

* Macquarie
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Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn|

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Anglican Diocese of Grafton|

* Bishop Druitt
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Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia)|

* Bishop Tyrrell
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Anglican Diocese of Riverina|

* Moama

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* All Saints', Bathurst

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Significant places & items of interest in the Hunter Region of New South Wales

Commerce & industry

| Industry|

* Cardiff Locomotive Workshops
* Forgacs Shipyard
* Hunter Valley Coal Chain
* Hunter Valley wine
* Kia Ora Stud
* Kooragang Island
* Newcastle Steelworks
* Newcastle Port Corporation
* Tomago aluminium smelter

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Shopping|

* Charlestown Square
* Hunter Street
* Newcastle & Suburban Co-operative Society
* Stockland Glendale
* Stockland Green Hills
* Westfield Kotara

Other|

* Newcastle Government House

Education

| Primary|

* Avondale
* Hunter School of the Performing Arts
* Hunter Valley Grammar
* Kahibah Public
* Newcastle Grammar

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Secondary|

* All Saints College, Maitland
* Avondale
* Callaghan College
* Jesmond Senior
* Wallsend
* Waratah Technology
* Cessnock High
* Glendale Technology High
* Hunter River High
* Hunter School of the Performing Arts
* Hunter Valley Grammar
* Irrawang High
* Kotara High
* Lambton High
* Maitland Grossmann High
* Maitland High
* Merewether High
* Mount View High
* Newcastle Grammar
* Newcastle High
* Rutherford Technology High
* St Joseph's, Lochinvar
* Tomaree High
* Toronto High

Tertiary|

* Avondale College
* University of Newcastle

Entertainment, sport & culture

* Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium
* Circuit Italia
* Dungog Film Festival
* Hunter Valley Steamfest
* Newcastle 500
* Newcastle Art Gallery
* Newcastle Civic Theatre
* Newcastle Entertainment Centre
* Newcastle International Sports Centre
* Newcastle Libraries
* Newcastle Museum
* Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground
* Newcastle Show
* Newcastle Showground
* Newcastle Street Circuit
* Surfest

Geography

| General|

* Broughton Island
* Burning Mountain
* Cape Hawke
* Glenrock Lagoon
* Lake Chichester
* Lake Macquarie
* Myall Lakes
* Mount Royal Range
* Mount Sugarloaf
* Port Stephens
* Stockton Beach
* Tops to Myall Heritage Trail

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National parks
and nature reserves|

* Barrington Tops
* Black Bulga State Conservation Area
* Booti Booti
* Ghin-Doo-Ee
* Mount Royal
* Myall Lakes
* Tomaree
* Towarri
* Wallingat
* Watagans
* Werakata

* The Glen

Rivers|

* Allyn
* Avon
* Barrington
* Bow
* Bylong
* Chichester
* Gloucester
* Goulburn
* Hunter
* Karuah
* Manning
* Myall
* Pages
* Paterson
* Wangat
* Williams
* Worondi Rivulet

Historical

| Air transport|

* Broadmeadow Aerodrome

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Defence|

* Fort Scratchley
* Greta Army Camp

Education|

* Newcastle Boys' High School

General|

* Greater Newcastle Act 1937
* History of Newcastle, New South Wales
* Hunter Valley cannabis infestation
* Lake Macquarie Petrified Forest
* Maitland Gaol
* Newcastle Museum
* Nobbys Head
* Royal Newcastle Hospital
* Tahlee historic property

Industry|

* Cockle Creek Power Station
* Cockle Creek Smelter
* Rothbury riot
* South Maitland coalfields
* South Waratah Colliery
* State Dockyard
* Teralba Colliery
* Walka Water Works
* Walsh Island Dockyard & Engineering Works
* Wangi Power Station

Maritime|

* Bluebell Collision
* Cawarra shipwreck
* Maianbar shipwreck
* MV Sygna shipwreck
* Nobbys Head Light
* Point Stephens Light

Natural disasters|

* 1989 Newcastle earthquake

Rail|

| General|

* Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot
* Hunter Valley Railway Trust
* Hunter Valley Steamfest
* Murulla rail accident
* Richmond Vale Railway Museum

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Railway lines|

* Belmont
* Morpeth
* Fernleigh Track
* Richmond Vale Railway
* South Maitland Railway
* Toronto

Railway stations|

* Allandale
* Antiene
* Belford
* Blackalls Park
* Cessnock
* Civic
* Dingadee
* Farley
* Grasstree
* Minimbah
* Newcastle
* Ravensworth
* Toronto
* Whittingham
* Wickham

Trams|

* Trams in Newcastle
* West Wallsend Steam Tram Line

Wine making|

* Lindeman's

World War II|

* No. 2 Fighter Sector RAAF
* No. 208 Radar Station RAAF
* HMAS Assault
* Belmont Anti-Tank Ditch
* Lake Macquarie anti-submarine boom
* Newcastle Covering Force
* RAAF Base Rathmines
* Shelling of Newcastle

Infrastructure

| Transport|

| Road|

* Beaumont Street
* Bucketts Way
* Golden Highway
* Hunter Expressway
* New England Highway
* Newcastle Inner City Bypass
* Newcastle Link Road
* Pacific Highway
* Putty Road
* Sydney-Newcastle Freeway
* Thunderbolts Way

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Road bridges|

* Beckers
* Clarence Town
* Cooreei
* Dunmore
* Fitzgerald Bridge
* Glennies Creek
* Hexham
* Hinton
* Monkerai
* Morpeth
* Stockton
* Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest
* Vacy

Railway lines|

* Main North
* Newcastle

Railway stations|

* Aberdeen
* Adamstown
* Awaba
* Beresfield
* Booragul
* Branxton
* Broadmeadow
* Cardiff
* Cockle Creek
* Dora Creek
* Dungog
* East Maitland
* Fassifern
* Greta
* Hamilton
* Hexham
* High Street
* Hilldale
* Kotara
* Lochinvar
* Maitland
* Martins Creek
* Metford
* Mindaribba
* Morisset
* Muswellbrook
* Newcastle Interchange
* Paterson
* Sandgate
* Scone
* Singleton
* Tarro
* Telarah
* Teralba
* Thornton
* Victoria Street
* Wallarobba
* Warabrook
* Waratah
* Wirragulla
* Wyee

Bus|

* Bus routes
* Busways
* Hunter Valley Buses
* Newcastle Transport
* Port Stephens Coaches
* Rover Coaches
* Sid Fogg's

Air|

* Cessnock Airport
* Maitland Airport
* Newcastle Airport
* Scone Airport

Ferry|

* Stockton ferry service

Light rail|

* Newcastle Light Rail

Utilities|

| Electricity generation|

* Bayswater Power Station
* Eraring Power Station
* Lake Liddell
* Liddell Power Station
* Redbank Power Station
* Teralba Colliery
* Vales Point Power Station

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Water supply|

* Chichester Dam
* Glenbawn Dam
* Grahamstown Dam
* Lostock Dam
* Tillegra Dam proposal

Media

* ABC Newcastle
* Hit 106.9
* Maitland Mercury
* Newy 87.8 FM
* Nine Northern NSW
* New FM
* Port Stephens Examiner
* The Herald
* Triple M
* 2HD
* 2NUR

Other

| Defence|

* No. 26 Squadron RAAF
* RAAF Base Williamtown

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General|

* Cessnock Correctional Centre
* Christ Church Cathedral

Health & medical research|

* Hunter Medical Research Institute
* John Hunter Hospital

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